Grind down steering stops?

[Marshall G]

My EX doesn't have as much turning radius as I'd like. I came down some super tight switchbacks and could've used a bit more.
Has anyone tried grinding down the steering stops to get more turning radius? It looks like there's room without the fork hitting anything.
Thoughts?

 

[drehwurm68]

Has anyone tried grinding down the steering stops to get more turning radius?

The steering stop on the EX is a tab welded to the middle/front of the steering head tube. You possibly could grind of some material there, but IMO the much nicer approach would be to take the lower triple clamp to a machine shop and have them machine 1mm (for starters) off of each of the corresponding tabs there (just note this is a different location than on the MX and most other bikes). Just my 2 cent.

Michael

 

[wfopete]

Proceed with care. A little too much off the stop and you could contact the carbon spoiler resulting in damage and tears and once removed it's much harder to replace that missing material

 

[drehwurm68]

If you machine too much off the triple clamp there is enough material there for a threaded hole to mount a screw which would actually give you adjustable steering stops!

Michael